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SPIROID
Definition of SPIROID
adjective
Resembling or having the form of a spiral or helix.
Wiktionary · CC BY-SA
Where it comes from
From Latin spiroïdes, from Ancient Greek Ancient Greek σπειροειδής (speiroeidḗs). By surface analysis, spire + -oid.
Etymology via Wiktionary (CC BY-SA).
Word DNA
Line of descent
- Ancient Greek
- Latin
- English
2 recorded generations before English.
Deepest traced root
3rd
of 59 source languages in OUTLIER
12.2%
of traced words share this origin (9,601)
branch · 12.2% of traced words
How it is built
OUTLIER scores every word on how unusual it is, and that number is not published. Working it out at the board is the game.
SPIROID in OUTLIER
Players have found it on 2 boards so far.
It first turned up on Day 147, 14 October 2026. The most recent board was Day 155, 22 October 2026. Nobody has seen it on a board for 5 days.
First ever to find it
on Day 147, 14 October 2026 - before anyone else in Outlier's history. See the Pioneers
Built from these letters
SPIROID starts with S and ends with D. Sorted, its letters read DIIOPRS - the shape to hunt for when the grid is scrambled. I appears more than once.
Could you have found SPIROID?
OUTLIER is a daily word game. One grid, the same grid for everybody, and the words nobody else spots are the ones that pay. This word was on Day 147 - and most players walked straight past it.
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